While some of the team members finish building the deck, the others are busy with the landscaping. Old plants are dug up and thrown out, and a variety of perennials, ornamental grasses, summer flowering shrubs and evergreen shrubs are brought in to give the surroundings some style.
A look at the finished flagstone patio.
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A view of the newly landscaped yard.
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Plants
1 Malus sargentii (ornamental tree)
3 Buddleia x w. "Honeycomb" (flowering shrub)
3 Caryopteris x c. "Blue Mist" (flowering shrub)
4 Taxus c "Columnaris' (evergreen hedge)
Buxus x k. "Green Velvet" (short evergreen hedge)
Miscanthus sin. "Purpurascens" (tall ornamental grass)
Penninsetum Alopecuriods (short ornamental grass)
43 assorted perennials
1.5 cubic yards compost
3.5 cubic yards hardwood mulch
3 bags potting mix
14 assorted herbs
- A sod cutter (figure A) slices up the existing sod so that it can be easily removed (figure B).
The team fills in the beds with several loads of fertilizer and mulch and adds the plants -- even an herbal container garden for Cedric.Dean has a final brainstorm: To give the deck a sense of enclosure without adding a roof, he adds 2x6s with decorative ends to the tops of the vertical posts (figure C) and attaches timbers to the tops to form the adjoining sides (figure D).
RESOURCES :
Sealants
OSI Sealants, Inc.
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